The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL within a web browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers globally where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain must be retrieved. This way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an IP and the web site content is required from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server manages the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) to ensure a message can be forwarded to the appropriate mailbox, and so forth. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted using the company whose name servers are used, enabling you to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for example. Each domain has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Hosting

If you use a Linux hosting from our us and you include a new domain address inside the account or transfer an existing one from another provider, you'll be able to control its NS records effortlessly through the Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for many domains at the same time with several clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to control your domain name even if it's the first you've ever registered. It takes just a mouse click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to point a domain to the hosting space on our end and with only a couple of mouse clicks more you will even be able to register private name servers for any of the domain addresses that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of any company that you'd like the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to control the NS records of every domain registered in it effortlessly. The Hepsia CP, which is in essence an all-in-one tool where you can manage everything relevant to your web presence, offers a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section in which you will find all of your domain names isn't an exception, so even if you have not had a domain address and a hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. You're also going to have the ability to see with a glance what name servers every one of your domain names uses at the moment and if they're the ones needed to point that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an additional feature, we give you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com free of charge. This will give more credibility to your site, particularly when it is a business one, and you could use these name servers for any other domain which you want to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.